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Thank you for your quick response, I was 39 when I was diagnosed not overweight but diet was terrible so my diabetes nurse is h sure what I am. I don’t think it matters too much because my treatment will still be the same IE insulin

Hello, Thanks for the advice, I am having a test now the c-peptide one and anti-GAD one But I am on insulin now and it says on diabeties website you should have the anti-GAD test done before insulin treatment is started. So me starting the insulin will this make the results wrong?

Hello, Just wondering if you can get uncontrolled diarrhoea with this insulin? I have had really really bad diarrhoea past couple of days with this. I was the same with metaphormine and glicazide. This is why I was put on insulin. Now iam scared this is doing the same thing

Hello everyone, So I do not know where to start so I was diagnosed with type 2 in august 22 with a hb1ac of 69. So when I got this I turned off my desire for full fat coke and I switch to brown bread and rice, fast forward to today my diet has changed completely. I went to the doctors last week...

Hello, Gone really well today again salad chicken cooked in oven with pan of water in the oven so kinda steamed them. Then pork chops and brown rice with veg. Still on sparkling flavoured water. Thanks for the link to the book will look into this save me being on the internet 30 mins looking...

Thanks for all the responses, so I think I am going wait until it hurts more.

Hello, Thanks for the welcome and support. Today I have started my new food regime. So I have hd no coke all day and just had sparkling flavoured water. I had to fast this morning for bloods but after I had the bloods at 2 I had mackerel cooked in tin foil with 2g of butter with 6 new...

Hello everyone, I have just been told I have type 2 diabetes but the doctors will not give me a blood check machine so I was wondering how often people here change the needles in the lancet. Also could anyone tell me how often the doctors say you need to change it? Thank you in advance

Rest of my diet is not good… I eat way too much and everything I eat is wrong. When I spoken to the doctor he says I eat more than 6 grown men should be eating. I will follow your advice.

Hello, Thanks for the reply again so are artificial sweeteners not good for you? So I could not replace that with sugar? - if so why is it bad for you? The reason I ask is because they market this stuff as good for you? It’s good you can eat what you want so with you having insulin you can eat...

Hello, Sorry I was interested in this and I don’t use this device but after reading this thread I googled it and found this statement from Abbott. https://www.england.nhs.uk/london/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2019/07/dia-Update-on-FreeStyle-Libre-clinical-waste-disposal-from-abbott-040618.pdf

Hello Ellie, Thanks for taking your time to reach out. That is way lots of carbs with such a little bit. So usually Ellie that’s all I drink I can drink 1.5 litres in a day and half. You have had diabetes a long time so now you are used to eating correctly and drinking? Luckily for you there...

Sorry hello mrs, I am getting great advice from the forum lots of very knowledgeable people on here that want the best for me and everyone else. I am slowly starting to see that the life I am living now is seeing me into an early grave. The problem is with me is because am not overweight I...

Hello mr loving life, I love your honesty I do realise I need to be good and try so what I have done is brought a book called hairy bikers eat away diabetes type 2. Think this will help with what foods I can have :) I think the the doctor and my mum get fustrated with me because I keep saying...

Thanks mrsA, I agree it does need to stop I will try :) I will read about food and drinks. I should have listened at school when they was telling me about different food types.

Because I think I am addicted to Coca Cola I get all weird when I don’t have it

I have had an idea if I but a bit of full fat coke in a glass and top up with Coke Zero like a dilute pop? Would that be ok?

Yes :) but I will try now because my mum and my doctor have told me to stop being naughty but I do find it hard. But I heard an Apple a day keeps the doctor away, but the doctor told me today I can’t have fruit so don’t know how that works!

Hello loving life, If I have to stop sugary drinks I will not be loving life. Maybe if I have a shot of it once a day? My next step will be sparkling water What did you do to get your numbers down?

Hello antje, With sugar but I don’t think it has as much as coke baby steps